By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School volleyball team will play a Blanchard Valley Conference foe in first round tournament play.

The Pirate spikers (14-7) face Elmwood (6-12) in sectional final action on Thursday, October 16 at Ottawa-Glandorf. 

The victor plays the O-G (17-4)/Fostoria victor at Kalida in the Northwest 2 district semifinals on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The powerhouse Titan girls are tied for first in the Western Buckeye League at 8-0 with Shawnee.

The district final against the Northwest 1 survivor will be held at Oregon Clay on Thursday, Oct. 23.

Swanton, Astwood and Rossford are in the Northwest 1 district top half of the draw.